[gardengirl]

The Southern dialect as a whole is disappearing, but the older folks still have it in spades.

A local radio station airs the Pledge of Allegiance every morning, done by a different grade school class. It’s hysterical to listen to the kids. You can really hear the accent... Ah ple..edge a..llee..gunce to the fla..aggg, of the U..nahnted Sta..ates of A..mer..i..ca

Too many d yankees moving in, and boy do they talk funny! :)

[cornelis]

The southern dialect is not the problem. I enjoyed listening to Senator DeMint last week

[Hawthorn]

>> The Southern dialect as a whole is disappearing, but the older folks still have it in spades. <<

Yes, and it’s really a shame.

I just drove thru western NC and southwestern VA. Just about everybody over 30 has an unadulterated Appalachian twang — which is pure music to my Southern ears.

But the perky teenaged waitresses at Cracker Barrel and IHOP, even in God-forsaken little country towns, all seem to talk like Britney Spears. Ugh!